by C. Drewes(updated 05-04)
[email: cdrewes@iastate.edu][web: http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/DrewesC/htdocs]
 

(Sold as: Algae Feast Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.(Catalog #SP1) 1.2 lbs/$24) www.aquaticeco.com

Feed powdered algae to:
Aquatic snails
Lumbriculus worms

Daphnids
Copepods
Other zooplankton
Freshwater sponge and bryozoa
Fairy shrimp
Brine shrimp (starting about 1 wk after hatching)
Many bivalve mollusks
Ostracods

Some rotifers
 

[Sold as Algae Chips: Sinking Disc Food, Wardley brand; sold in 3.0 oz bag (green); available in most WalMart stores. Main ingredient: Spirulina algae]
Feed algae chips to:
Lumbriculus worms
Most aquatic snails

Sold as Wardleys Goldfish Food: Sinking Pellets, 1 oz canister; or Americas Choice Goldfish, Crabs and Other Bottom Feeders, 3 oz canister. Make sure pellets sink!!]
Feed sinking pellets to:
Lumbriculus
Crayfish
Many snails

Sold as Artemia Food Special Blend; by: Aquatic, Eco-Systems, Inc. (Catalog #BS-16) 1.0 lb/$29) www.aquaticeco.com
Feed Special Blend to:
Newly hatched brine shrimp (= Artemia nauplius larvae)
Rotifers
Many other zooplankton

Feed lettuce to most aquatic snails.  Crayfish will also eat lettuce.

Feed whole Lumbriculus or Lumbriculus fragments to:
Hydra (feed them worm fragments)
Planaria (feed them worm fragments)
Crayfish
Predatory leeches
Triops (tadpole shrimp greater than 1 cm))
Freshwater glass (grass) shrimp (Palaemonetes)
Many predatory insect larvae (e.g., dragonfly larvae)

Blackworms are sold in many tropical fish shops and by the following companies:
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FLINN SCIENTIFIC Inc.

P.O. Box 219, Batavia, IL 60510

(Fax 866-452-1436) (Questions/Orders:1-800-452-1261) www.flinnsci.com

Catalog #: LM1220 (Lumbriculus variegatus for a class of 30)

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AQUATIC FOODS [Main producer and supplier of blackworms]
3133 N. Argyle, Fresno, CA 93727

ph: 559-291-0623(Fax: 559-291-0601)

http://aquaticfoods.com/farm.htmhttp://www.aquaticfoods.com/worms.html

This company sells large quantities of living and frozen fish food, especially invertebrates.

They sell large quantities of living California blackworms (Lumbriculus).

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AQUATIC RESEARCH ORGANISMS

P.O. Box 1271, One Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH 03842

ph: 800-927-1650 (or 603-926-1650) (Fax: 603-926-5278) www.holidayjunction.com/aro/

This company specializes in selling live fish, freshwater invertebrates, marine invertebrates,
and toxicological test kits. They sell Lumbriculus in gram quantities (about $10/g)

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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS [NEWLY LISTED HERE 05/04 ]

1767 Benbow Court
Apopka, FL 32703 USA
Worldwide: (407) 886-3939
24 Hour Fax :(407) 886-6787  [Business Hours: 8:00AM-5:00PM (GMT-5) Mon-Fri]
Email aes@aquaticeco.com

http://aquaticeco.com

http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/6090
Cat #: 285120 Blackworms, Lumbriculus variegatus, $10/per gram

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CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL

2700 York Road

Burlington, NC27215(ph: 1-800-334-5551) www.carolina.com

Cat #: RG-14-1720(Lumbriculus variegatus for class of 30)
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